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Article: CUBS CLINCH NL EAST TITLE THEY BEAT EXPOS, 3-2, WHILE CARDINALS LOSE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 27, 1989
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The Chicago Cubs clinched their second National League East
championship in six seasons, beating the Expos, 3-2, last night at
Montreal with an unearned run in the eighth inning after
second-place St. Louis already lost.
The Cubs took advantage of the Cardinals' 4-1 defeat in
Pittsburgh and became the first team to earn a spot in the playoffs.
Ryne Sandberg's dash home in the eighth made Don Zimmer a
champion for the first time in 11 years of managing, and also made
meaningless a season-ending, three-game series in St. Louis.
Chicago will open the playoffs Wednesday night at Wrigley
Field.
After Mike Fitzgerald made the final out of the game, the
Cubs darted out of the dugout ...